Wuhan - Wikipedia
Wuhan is considered the political, economic, financial, commercial, cultural, and educational center of Central China. [15] It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads, and expressways passing through the city and connecting to other major cities. [23]
Wuhan lockdown: A year of China's fight against the Covid pandemic - BBC
A year ago on 23 January 2020 the world saw its first coronavirus lockdown come into force in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the pandemic is believed to have started. At the time, the wider...
Wuhan | History, Economy & Culture | Britannica
Oct 13, 2024 · Wuhan, capital and major industrial and commercial city of Hubei sheng (province), China. It is located at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze rivers and consists of a conurbation of three adjacent former cities—Hankou (Hankow), Hanyang, and Wuchang. Hankou lies on the north bank of the Yangtze.
Covid origin: Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory is so disputed - BBC
More than three years after Covid-19 was detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the question of how the virus first emerged remains a mystery.
A timeline of COVID-19’s first weeks in Wuhan
Nov 18, 2021 · Sometime in the waning days of 2019, a novel coronavirus began spreading in the Chinese city of Wuhan. It would take several weeks for local doctors and health officials to realize the new virus...
Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak - BBC
This is the story of five critical days early in the outbreak. By 30 December, several people had been admitted to hospitals in the central city of Wuhan, having fallen ill with high fever and ...
Wuhan: Chinese city to test entire population after virus …
Aug 3, 2021 · Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan will begin testing its entire population, after a handful of positive coronavirus cases were detected there. Wuhan has recorded seven locally...
A Year Later, the First Post-Pandemic City - The New York Times
Jan. 22, 2021. The long months of harsh lockdown have faded from view in Wuhan, the first city in the world devastated by the new coronavirus. As residents look to move on, they cite a...
How the China Coronavirus Spread: Full Timeline | TIME
Jan 30, 2020 · A new virus has emerged from central China, infecting thousands with severe respiratory illness and killing dozens. Health officials, doctors and researchers are scrambling to contain the...
New Research Points to Wuhan Market as Pandemic Origin
Feb 26, 2022 · Scientists released a pair of extensive studies over the weekend that point to a large food and live animal market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.